Example sentences of "be [verb] by [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus scheme six , for instance , might be altered by making the first instalment payable on the 22nd day after the loan and taking 7d per pound for interest . |
| 2 | The burden can be eased by introducing the following procedure . |
| 3 | Language difficulty will generally be measured in terms of decipherability , the problem of which can be eased by reducing the symbolic complexity of the text . |
| 4 | Forster and Olbrei conclude from this that syntactic analysis is autonomous , and suggest that the difference between their results and those of Slobin ( 1966 ) and Herriot ( 1969 ) could be explained by viewing the earlier results as an artefact of the tasks used . |
| 5 | The new techniques will enable the source of silage pollution to be traced by comparing the biological composition of the polluted stream with that of silage heaps in the area . |
| 6 | If the bulb is attached to a capillary the change in polymer volume can be traced by noting the overall change in volume registered by the movement of the mercury level in the capillary . |
| 7 | This first sketch can be completed by adding the small eye and the hatchet shaped bill ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 8 | The annual growth rate can be calculated by subtracting the earlier year 's membership from the later year 's . |
| 9 | It can be checked by issuing the following commands from a different terminal and watching the ‘ Operator terminal ’ . |
| 10 | If a squint and amblyopia are detected early , the amblyopia may be treated by patching the good eye , so that the lazy one has to work . |
| 11 | This may be manipulated by subtracting the risk-free rate from both sides and dividing by the portfolio beta to obtain , and as we may rewrite this equation as , . |
| 12 | This may be manipulated by subtracting the riskless rate from both sides and dividing the result by the standard deviation of the portfolio 's returns to obtain , This may be interpreted as saying that , in equilibrium , the ex-post risk premiums per unit of risk on well-diversified portfolios should be the same as the risk premium per unit of risk for the market portfolio . |
| 13 | Perhaps the problem could be solved by amending the Public Health Act 1936 on the lines of s.58(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 in order to enable local authorities to act where a nuisance is likely to occur . |
| 14 | Router movement can be solved by changing the holding bolts for longer ones with a fine thread and fitting very thick washers , so enabling the nuts to be fully tightened without the router getting in the way of the spanner . |
| 15 | A lot of the problems of alleged and actual extremism by local councils might , of course , be solved by changing the local voting system ( not necessarily the thin end of a nation wedge ) but Mrs Thatcher will never consider that . |
| 16 | Good energy management may be approached by considering the three components : time , level and efficiency ( Box 1 ) . |
| 17 | Where such an atmosphere of gloom persists it needs to be dispersed by affirming the Christian hope . |
| 18 | While bevelling machines are available commercially satisfactory instruments can be prepared by breaking the capillary tip against a cold filament . |
| 19 | The timescale , , for the instability of the boundary layer to occur is given by the time taken for conduction to thicken the local boundary layer to this mean thickness The two different regimes can be separated by equating the settling time , /v S to the convective boundary-layer timescale , . |
| 20 | It is possible to space the rear mounting bolt to suit the shorter unit but a more satisfactory job can be made by replacing the mounting bracket on the block with the later alternator type . |
| 21 | conceded 's point that whatever savings in audit fees might be made by bringing the detailed work in-house would probably be exceeded by increased overall cost . |
| 22 | This latter system , which was then available in at least some cases in Belgium , France , Greece , Italy and the Netherlands , allows legally effective service on a defendant resident abroad to be made by leaving the relevant document at the office of the parquet in the forum state . |
| 23 | Advance bookings for parties may be made by contacting the general office . |
| 24 | Enamels of permanent gem-like quality can be made by adding the appropriate metals to powdered glass fused to a metal base . |
| 25 | 1.2 Acknowledgement of this order must be made by signing the duplicate order , enclosed with it , and the duplicate must be received within fourteen days of the date of this order . |
| 26 | Officials fear that opposition groups , especially Islamic fundamentalists , will exploit the crisis to increase their influence and , indeed , several opposition leaders have quickly realised that political capital can be made by following the public mood . |
| 27 | The cost of a relationship can never be totally abolished , but it can be minimised by extending the common interests . |
| 28 | The relevance of this can be seen by considering the present religious force in Western culture , namely a humanism which finds its embodiment in liberalism . |
| 29 | It can easily be seen by comparing the two sets of columns that fine-class homophones together with lack of word boundary information result in a large increase of valid words . |
| 30 | What 's more , the shock itself is without effect on this biochemical measure , as can be seen by comparing the shocked and unshocked water-trained birds . |